Resilient tire.



'11. KLINGLBR} RESILIENT TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, 1906.

PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

Application filed January $1906. $erial No. 295,315.

Be it known that l, llnmL-ixx KLENULER, u. citizen of the Swiss Republic, residing at Sitterdori, tnnton Thurgilu, in Switzerland, lltlVtMillVtlltHl certain new and useful Imp ovements in Resilientlires, of which the lollowing is it speeitiemion.

The present invention relnles to o. tire espeeially adopted for use with motor road vehicles and coinprises u construct-hut \x'herehy hoth side-slip 11nd skidding ure entirely prevented and whereby also innd, snow and the like are prevented from ueeuniuluting on the tire,

The improved tire is represented in the ueeoi-npnnying drawing in whieh l igure'l is a fragmentary side elovation of the tire in use. In; 2 i1 plan viewv Fig. 3 u tietnil vie: Ei a fragmentary hingitudinal seetion and Fig. 5 a on section. v

The tire comprises a rini 2 loented upon 1. telly 1 wheel of any kind and provided with elastic cushions 3, the hitter consisting lor instance of rubber and in the present etmstrin-tion being of the t'orin' shown in Fig. 3. The rim eons g of at base 2 and flanges l, Conner-ted hy stems or erosspieees 6 so that open POLl itlJS are pro- (lLHttl in which the elastic cushions 3 are located.

The cushions 3 are 01' such shape that they entirely till the poekets when slightly compressed and they eX- tend to the height of tho eross pieees (Si in order to prevent the cushions trorii falling out the ('rosspieees (5 are luterztlly provided lor the Whole of their length with noses 7 so shaped that the cushions (on he easily inserted from the exterior but ennnot fall out being eiuuged hy suid noses similarly to n. lmrhed The *rurity oi the vnshion may he further inereused hy introdueing thereinto it springsteel-wire 8 parallel to the erosspieees t hook.

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Specification of Letters Yemeni.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

I When using the tire the rubber cushions 3 are so coinetl that only the edges of the cross pieces (3 and the ges i, engage the road surlacei When the eonipresSe il p-.l t ot' the rim. is relieved, the cushions 3 exused is entirely [reed of mud and the like before it Comes into use again.

Sinee inud ice or snow cannot accumulate on the tire side :lip or skidding is entirely prevented and motor vehicles are thus rendered more sale on hills and frozen or snow (fovored' roads Obviously the tire'zthove described can be used with any other kind of vehicle and may also consist of seg nients adapted to be fixed to an iron tire or can be directly used as the folly. 7

What 1 elnim us my inyention and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States is a l l. A iii-e eo nprising un extoriorly flanged rim, :1 pln rulity or erossnu'es integral with the hose and flanges of said rim and forming with the flanges thereof exterior-1y open pot-hers, said erossqrieees being; flush with the (hinges; resilient cushions located in said pockets and lateral noses on said Cl(S$I)lPt"tS for securing the cushions in the poe ets suhstuntiultv us deserihed.

A tire comprising an exterior-iv flanged rim, it plu rnl y of eross-pieees integral with the said ri n and forming' with the flanges thereof exteriorly open pockets. resilient; eushious located in said poi-kets lateral noses on said eross-pieees [or soeuring, the cushions in the pockets and metal wires traversing said cushions substantially as deserihetl.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the preseuee of two \vitnes 

